Definition of: feeder

(fē′dər) noun
1. One who or that which feeds, as a person or appliance for supplying material to a machine.
2. A person, animal, or plant that takes in nourishment.
3. Anything that supplies the wants, or increases the importance, of something else, as a tributary stream, a branch railroad, a small vein in a mine, running into a main lode.
4. One who fattens livestock for market.
5. An animal intended for intensive feeding in preparation for slaughter, or an animal that is on such feed,
6. A plant root.
7. A large box or container for feed for animals.
8. Electr. A conductor or group of conductors between different generating or distributing units of a power system.